Officials Look For Boxcars To Avoid Shipping Time Shortages
Washington officials and railroads seek ways to end the annual boxcar shortage as peak shipping season nears. AICC plan includes a new penalties schedule, potential government funding for trucks, and a proposed 10 000 car Defense Department fleet to avert idle cars and delays.
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Washington
Oregon Lumberman
Kansas
New England
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Balace
Son
Pearson
Defense Department
Pentagon
Association of American l Railroads
Heavy Fighting Erupts In South Vietnam Villages
In a major battle across Quang Tri and Thua Thien provinces more than 250 North Vietnamese were reported killed. The heavy fighting centered along villages near the coast eleven miles southeast of Quang Tri City. Maj. Nguyen Van Van of Fire Base O'Reilly was among the dead, and US air strikes followed intense ground battles.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van van
O'Reilly
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Quang Tri City
SODA outlines Pilot Proposal for rural planning leap
Members from agencies in Nixon era cabinet backed a Pilot Proposal by the Southern Oklahoma Development Association to marshal federal resources in the district for rural planning. Orlie Boehler said the plan aims to let rural residents specify needs and gain expert federal help, mirroring urban planning. Oklahoma state involvement is planned to mirror district resources, hoping to fill a rural planning gap and raise federal awareness of rural needs.
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Nixon
America
The
Southern Oklahoma Development Association
SODA
1- Reounty Economic Development District
ODA
Office of
Department of Commerce
Washington
Oklahoma
Orlie J. Boehler
Boehler
Ocal
Bohler
Quartet Sets Ada Concert at First Pentecostal Church
The Weatherford Quartet, a famed gospel group, headlines tonight at the First Pentecostal Holiness Church. The program starts at p.m., is open to the public, and the quartet has extensive recordings and frequent radio and television appearances.
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Weatherford
First Pentecostal Holiness Church
Stratford Man Hurt Slightly In Ada Crash
A Stratford man sustained minor injuries in a car motor cycle crash in Ada on Wednesday. Charles Johnie Baum, 27, Stratford, treated at Valley View Hospital and released. Harold Dolph Jeter, 604 W 19th, driving west, turned left into a private drive and hit Baum's motorcycle, Jeter charged with failure to yield to oncoming traffic. Other Wednesday incidents included two more crashes increasing August total to 13. Philip Wayne King forfeited $10 for improper back. Leo M. Henning forfeited $10 and lack of license. several locals fined in municipal court for drunkenness or improper left turns. District Court bound George Rowe and James Jackson for trial on second-degree burglary. Delmar Joe Wood case dismissed.
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Stratford
Charles Johnie Baum
Valley View Hospital
Harold Dolph Jeter
Baum
Jeter
Philip Wayne King
Broadway
Kenneth S. Stenfield
Ada
King
Leo M. Hennigan
Belmont
Garry Don Thomas
W. 25Th
Thomas
Hennigan
Thurstay
Bogan Brown
Elmo Eselle
Bill Green
Zola E. Hunt
George Rowe
James Jackson
Delmar Joe Wood
Wood
Lance's
Sulphur Resident Shot Wound Reported
Sulphur man Dan Horton about 30 was rushed to Valley View Hospital with a shotgun wound to the chest. Sheriff J Harold Ready said Horton, who was in surgery with condition unknown, told him the gunfire was related to personal safety. The shooting occurred near Veterans Lake and Horton walked a mile to call for help.
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Valley View Hospital
Dan Horton
Murray County
J. Harold Ready
Horton
Ada
Veterans Lake
Ready
Dining Out Costs Rise Eight Percent in First Seven Months
Washington AP reports that dining out averaged about eight per cent higher in the first seven months of the year versus 1969, outpacing at retail food price gains. Higher wages and overhead lift restaurant bills, while total food outlay may reach about $110 billion this year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Lawton youths caught on camera theft trio
Lawton police easily identified two youths aged 10 and 12 who took three cameras from a parked car. Police recovered pictures from an instant camera showing the pair posing. They spent a night in jail and were released to parents after a severe warning. owner received the gear.
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Lawton
Former Wife Of OU President Dies In Boston
Margaret Kalloman Hollomon, former wife of University of Oklahoma president, collapsed on a Boston bus and died of an apparent heart attack at age 50. She and Dr. J. Herbert Hollomon were divorced in 1969 after 28 years of marriage. The couple had four children and had lived apart years prior.
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Boston
Norman, Okla
University of Oklahoma
Margaret Kalloman
Gordon Christenson
J. Herbert Hollomon
Norman
Holloman
Duncan Twiford
Oklahoma
Jonathan Bradford
Dartmouth
James Martin
University of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Wheeler
Supervisors Approve Conservation Plans
The Pontotoc County Sail and Water Conservation District met at the Sail Conservation Office with members Woolley Jr., Bumpers, Price, Buxton, Yoakum, and Noe present. Plans were approved on multiple local farms and a letter from the Fish and Wildlife Service noted limited hatchery stocking in 1970, while landowners will have applications auto-filled in future years. A drill well northwest of Allen yields 800 gallons per minute, irrigating 78 acres of peanuts.
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Kenneth Yoakum
Pontotoc County
Sail and Water Conservation District
Sail Conservation Office
Walter Woolley Jr
Vel Bumpers
Harvey Price
C. C. Buxton
Virginia Noe
Charles Brown
Raff
Reymond Jackson
Ada
Lee Langley
Union Val
Frank Jared
Allen
Etta Horton
Rt. 4
Frank Compton
Rt. 3
Ed Wilson
Harold Merriman
Safeguard Opponents Plan Final Challenge In Senate
In Washington AP reporters note foes of President Nixon’s Safeguard antiballistic missile plan plan a final Senate drive to curb expansion. Supporters warn they can withstand challenges as Sen Edward Brooke moves to block two new ABM sites and redirect funds to improve existing sites in Montana North Dakota Missouri Wyoming and Minnesota.
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Senate
Washington
Nixon
Safeguard
Sen
Edward Brooke
R-Mass
Brooke
Jon Stennis
D-Wiss
Harold Hughes
Iowa
John Sherman Cooper
Rky
Philip A. Hart
wMtch
Missouri
Wyoming
Montana
North Dakota
Barricades Hold Back Irish Rioters In Londonderry Clash
Across Bogside district in Londonderry Catholic residents and British troops clashed for hours amid barbed wire barricades and tear gas after Protestant parades. Soldiers used rubber bullets as rioters hurled rocks and gasoline bombs. One civilian and three soldiers were injured, while Conor Cruise O Brien reported minor injuries after protests surrounding a 17th century Protestant victory parade. Security forces maintained barriers to separate factions.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Bogside
Tor Ory
Sol
Diers
Arthur Young
The
Irish Republic
Conor Cruise O'Brien
Africa
United Nations
U.S
Ada Weather Holds Despite Drought Pressures
Ada has no immediate water worries as Byrds Mill Spring outputs 9.5 to 10 million gallons daily while city use runs about half that. Ground settlement strains mains, causing leaks and overtime for workers, with other towns enacting rationing. Cattlemen face grass shortages. 1970 so far records 18.63 inches of rain, below last year but above 1966, with 1963 the driest year on record.
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Ada
Jim Cook
Byrds Mill Spring
Cook
Water Department
Tulsa
Edmond
Stringtown
Muskogee
Pontotoc County
John Netherton
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Dakotas
Milton Young
R-N.d
Fedeval Railroad Administration
Congress
James Pearson
R-Kay
Mike Mansfield
Mississippi
Mansfield
Carl Curtis
R-Neb
Oregon
Crop Reporting Board
Cambridge
Mass
Soil Conversation Service
Yoakum
Netherton
Jin
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